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President Medvedev with the leaders of Abkhazia, 2008 Russia photograph: Dmitry Medvedev stands between two men who each

President Medvedev with the leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia at the signing of friendship treaties (Moscow, 17 September 2008)

Dmitry Medvedev stands between two men who each clasp one of his hands, behind a lectern with the Russian double-headed eagle, with Russian tricolours behind the man at left and the red, white and yellow South Ossetian flag behind the man at right. The tell is the Kremlin staging the leaders of two partially recognised republics under Russian state symbols, which lends the standing of the Russian presidency to their status.

Propaganda techniques used in this photograph

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Date
September 17, 2008
Period
Contemporary
Made by
Presidential Press and Information Office (kremlin.ru)

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Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Theme, Event, Source, Rights
Region
Eastern Europe and Eurasia
Country
Russia
Medium
Photograph
Issuer type
State
Regime
Medvedev Government
Leader
Dmitry Medvedev
Audience
Mixed
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Theme
War and the military
Event
Russo Georgian War
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
President of Russia (kremlin.ru), retrieved October 12, 2026
Rights
CC BY 4.0 (kremlin.ru, licence stated on the site)
Presidential Press and Information Office (kremlin.ru), CC BY 4.0.

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